Exercised voice as management failure: Implications of willing compliance theories of management and individualism for de Facto employee voice

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-277

  Krefting, Linda A ^a   Powers, Kathleen J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chester Barnard; Employee voice; Herbert Simon; Individualism; Reprisal

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083360     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027396525970     Document Type: Article

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